Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
People who don't know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
But HBO is less interested in how many people are watching than in how much the people who are watching are liking… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write,… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,'… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Honestly, I don't try to guess at what most people want. I don't think I'd guess right, and I just think that… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
President Bartlet: There's a delegation of cardiologists having their pictures taken in the Blue Room. You wouldn't think you could find a… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Pretty much up until The West Wing, our leaders had always been portrayed in popular culture as either Machiavellian or dolts. But… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
People don't live their lives in a series of scenes that form a dramatic narrative, they don't speak in dialogue, they're not… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Television from its inception had the number one goal to alienate as few people as possible. That's why if you look at… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly, well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
People don't live their lives in a series of scenes that form a dramatic narrative, they don't speak in dialogue, they're not lit by… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
One of the biggest challenges in the past for me in working on the networks was that audiences have grown accustomed to television being… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course,… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I had never thought of doing television. But my agent wanted me to meet John Wells, who had had a lot of success producing… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
